City Council Approves Levy, Budget
Residents can comment on the budget between now and December, when the final property tax levy and budget are approved.
The Eagan City Council unanimously approved a levy and budget Tuesday night that city leaders call prudent, and now the public can have their say. The council approved a property tax levy that decreased 2.9 percent to $27.4 million. They also passed a $28 million budget that increased 1.3 percent. The increase comes from personnel costs such as health insurance, and a bump in fuel costs. City leaders plan to pay for increases with non-tax revenues. "There's really some good news here," said Mayor Mike Maguire. Councilmember Gary Hansen said he thinks "this is a very disciplined and frugal budget." Maguire said the public can comment on the budget and levy between now and December. "And we say, 'What do you think?'" Maguire said. On Dec. 6…
Paul
6:42 pm on Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Civic Duty Call … how about publishing the budget you summarize, especially when inviting us to opine. That would be doing your reporting civic duty, so that we ordinary citizens can exercise our proper due diligence when commenting. Analogy: lots of us like dials & meters in our cars instead of mere 'idiot lights', There’s a good reason. Dashboard lights merely tell when something is wrong, and … more ›